Fatal Gun Accident.
AUCKLAND, Jolt 25. A fatal gun accident is reported from Helensville. Nicholas Hope, a gum digger, and a lad named Thos. Mack, aged 16, woro out shooting at Bataura, two miles from Helensville, when tho bov'3 gun accidentally weut oil, and the chargo entered Hope's head behind the ear> blowing hie brains out.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5989, 26 July 1887, Page 3
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56Fatal Gun Accident. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5989, 26 July 1887, Page 3
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